SAFA – Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir escalated his incitement against Palestinians by calling for West Bank cities and villages to be treated the same way Israeli occupation forces have treated Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza.

Ben-Gvir's remarks came hours after Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called on the Israeli army to expand its military operations against Palestinian villages and impose "Israeli sovereignty," reaffirming his government's continued support for Israeli settlers.

The statements followed a settler attack on the town of Tell, southwest of Nablus, carried out under the protection of Israeli occupation forces. The attack killed four Palestinians and injured four others, three of whom remain in critical condition.

The latest remarks reflect growing official Israeli incitement to expand military operations against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, amid escalating settler violence and continued Israeli military raids across the territory.